Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Stealing Time by S.L. Siwik with Excerpt, Playlist & Review

Delaney Beaumont is more likely to flip you the bird than she is to say hello. A workaholic during the week as a free-lance graphic designer, by weekend she's a partying alcoholic. Laney's MO is always the same: party and drink until she blacks out. Every weekend she wakes up in bed with a strange man and no memory of how she wound up there. But, she doesn't care. Because when she leaves his apartment, she'll never see him again. It's the way she's gone about it for years and it suits her needs just fine.

That is...until the day she wakes up in Jackson Turner's bed.

Jackson Turner is a tattoo artist and owner of four shops in the Colorado area. He wanted Delaney from the moment he set eyes on her. Their night together is nothing short of crazy, and Jackson knows that he has to have Laney in his life for good. Convincing her, while dealing with the consequences of their night together, will be easier said than done.

If you love someone set them free. Then get ready with a bottle of Jack.

A loud buzzing sound goes off and I moan out in pain from my head pounding. Grabbing the silk wrapped pillow, I throw it over my head as I bury myself into the mattress like an ostrich into the sand. Hmm, I like the feel of the material against my naked body. So, I fucked someone last night with nice sheets. Score!

I searched my addled brain to remember what happened the night before.

Here are the facts that I remember: I drank a shit ton of Jaeger Bombs last night at Club Indigo before blacking out. Where am I? No fuckin’ clue. Who’s next to me? Your guess is probably better than mine. I’m not too worried though, because Double D, that’s Drunk Delaney, the person who comes out in me when I blackout, has never done me wrong. My pussy senses hotness in a five mile radius, and Double D, she’s a deal closer. So, I’m not freaking out about all of my unknowns right now, because that’s part of the fun- trying to piece together the ‘what the fuck happened’ from the night before. Usually I don’t get answers, and I’m alright with that too. Because whoever this is next to me had his one night of glory.

His five minutes of fame in my world. I don’t ride stallions a second time. I don’t do ‘do overs’ either. I don’t even bother with names. What’s the point? When I walk out that door, I’ll never see them again. This is how it’s been for the last six years, and it suits me just fine.

“Turn that off!” I grumble, smacking something hard next to me. I wince in pain, sure that my hand hurts more than whatever I just smashed into.

I started reading this and just never stopped. It was so easy to lose myself in Delaney and Jackson's world. I loved that Delaney didn't sugar coat what she did to herself or why. Delaney feels like she doesn't deserve love anymore, but she is such a good person inside - where it counts. I felt so bad for Jackson after you find out what him and Delaney went through the first night together. I wanted him to be happy. I will say this, he was a man determined not to lose Delaney once he found her again. Jackson did his best to show Delaney that she was worth loving, and that she could love herself. Things improve bit by bit between Delaney and Jackson and they begin to move forward. That's when the past walks right up and tears everything apart. That moment made me so pissed off at, well I can't really tell you who, but it does. I loved the originality of this book. The brutal honesty and the love that's there from the beginning, Jackson just has to fight for it, but it's worth it. In the end, what matters is that they both end up fighting for it. I loved that most of all. If I could give this book more stars, I would. Five just aren't enough.

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